한국 순교 복자 성직 수도회

Name: 한국 순교 복자 성직 수도회
Address: 서울특별시 성북구 성북로24길 3 (성북동), KR
Telephone: +82-2-762-2067

Religious house

Mass information

No regular Mass times have been confirmed.

Official source

Please check with the affiliated diocese for Mass times. 서울대교구

About this place

The community of the Clerical Congregation of the Blessed Korean Martyrs at 3 Seongbuk-ro 24-gil, Seoul, is listed in the Korean Catholic Directory as “Bokja Sarang Monastery / Bokja Sarang Retreat House.” It belongs to Korea’s first indigenous men’s religious congregation, founded by Fr. Andrew Bang Yu-ryong in 1953, and combines religious community life with a place for retreats and spiritual formation.

The site brings together the congregation’s long history in Seongbuk-dong and its retreat apostolate. Through communal life, prayer, and retreats, it shares the congregation’s tradition of following the faith of the Korean martyrs and living its spirituality of self-emptying union with Christ.

Official source

History & origins

The Clerical Congregation of the Blessed Korean Martyrs was founded in Jegi-dong, Seoul, on October 30, 1953. The following year it moved to temporary quarters within the Myeongdong Cathedral complex and later established its central community in Seongbuk-dong. As the congregation grew, the Seongbuk-dong house became a principal place for formation and common life.

When urban planning in the early 1980s threatened part of the existing motherhouse, the congregation acquired land across from it in 1985 and began construction of a new motherhouse. The work was completed in October 1987, after which the community moved and the former motherhouse was converted into a seminary. When seminarian formation was later consolidated elsewhere, the first Seoul seminary was converted in June 1995 into the “Bokja Sarang Retreat House,” serving formation and retreat needs.

The present listing of the community at 3 Seongbuk-ro 24-gil as “Bokja Sarang Monastery / Bokja Sarang Retreat House” reflects this continuity of religious life and retreat ministry in Seongbuk-dong.